Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]

1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior.

2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior.

His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley.

3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. ``Reflectiveness of manner.'' --J. C. Shairp.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)